The National now sees “confused” Taylor Swift fans at concerts

Some Swifties start their indie rock era at The National shows.

Since guitarist Aaron Dessner has a collaboration with Taylor SwiftFrontman of The National Matt Berninger has noticed that more fans of the pop superstar are attending her concerts.

“We see that many Taylor Swift fans come to concerts and are confused in the first 25 minutes,” says Berninger NME.

“We’re blessed with a diverse demographic,” he continues. “Then 10 or 15 years ago, a lot of younger people started coming (to our shows) – more and more women. In the first 10 years, most of our shows were more of a guys’ festival, but that’s changed a lot. We have all kinds of old friends at our shows and they’re always different.”

Dessner worked on Taylor’s albums folklore, always And The Department of Tortured Poetsand The National as a whole is on the always Cut to “Coney Island.” When asked if Taylor might appear on a national show, Berninger replies, “I don’t think so.”

“It’s fun — that bridge was a really, really fruitful thing for our whole band, not just Aaron,” he says. “Aaron obviously had so much fun and did so much great stuff with it, and the Taylor Swift bridge has been around for a long time. But no, that’s not us.”